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pu·rify (pyo̵orə fī′)

transitive verb -·fied′, -·fy′·ing

  1. to rid of impurities or pollution
  2. to free from guilt, sin, or ceremonial uncleanness
  3. to free from incorrect or corrupting elements
  4. to purge (of or from)

Etymology: ME purifien < OFr purifier < L purificare: see pure & -fy

intransitive verb

to become purified

purify Related Forms

pu′·ri·fi·ca·tion noun pu·rifi·ca·to′ry (pyo̵o rifi kə tôr′ē, pyo̵orə fi kə-) adjective pu·ri·fi′er noun

purify Synonyms

purify

v.

  1. To cleanse

    chasten, clear, refine, wash, disinfect, fumigate, deodorize, depurate, clarify, deterge, rarify, sublimate, edulcorate, purge, filter; see also clean.

  2. To absolve

    redeem, pardon, hallow, beatify; see excuse, forgive 1, 2.

purify Usage Examples

Object

  • antigen: From there, we purify the antigens in an additional one to two weeks to create the vaccine.
  • protein: Ling's answer is that purified isolated proteins are not at all what they are like within the cell.
  • antibody: It is the preparation of purified antibody that is injected into the victim.
  • DNA: We offer a selection of high quality, purified genomic DNA suitable for a wide spectrum of genetic research applications.
  • insulin: Conventional enzymatic or chemical cleavage techniques and downstream processing methods are employed to produce purified insulin.
  • water: Even major hotels may not purify the water taken from unsafe mains supplies.

Subject

  • chromatography: The product is extracted using a series of filters and centrifuges and purified by chromatography.
  • fire: This is the sound of your soul being purified by fire, burning away years of negative karma.

Adjective complement

recombinant: Purified recombinant Bluetongue virus VP1 exhibits RNA replicase activity.

Modifying Another Word

  • ritually: A Russian Orthodox believer takes a ritually purifying bath in the icy Moskva river during the Epiphany holiday.
  • partially: Mast cells were partially purified using a series of techniques.
  • highly: This highly purified CLA is the strongest of its kind on the market place.
  • thus: Some oils actually inhibit airborne bacteria, thus purifying the air in a sickroom.
  • then: Once a month the animals then ' give blood ' which is then purified to create the anti-venom.
  • so: When he is so purified, then he assaults the mountain.

Infinitive complement

remove: The NaI crystal is grown from powder that has been purified to remove uranium, thorium and radioactive isotopes of potassium.

Preposition: in

way: The Refiner wished to shew, in the case of His servant, that He can purify in more ways than one.

Preposition: from

milk: A cheap vaccine purified from the milk of genetically modified mice has protected monkeys against the disease.

Preposition: by

  • chromatography: The product is extracted using a series of filters and centrifuges and purified by chromatography.
  • fire: This is the sound of your soul being purified by fire, burning away years of negative karma.

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